Ten things we learned in 2012

Ten things we learned in 2012

Date:

Tue, 01/01/2013

Lessons learned and wisdom gained . . . hopefully.

by Dennis Halladay, Hoard’s Dairyman Western Editor

Every event in life is a learning experience, even if what you learn is “I don’t want to do that again.” The same can be said of 2012. It was a year that flew by but still left many lessons for dairy producers. Here are a few:

1. Debt really is a four-letter word. Anyone who didn’t get the message in 2009 knows now that in order to succeed you first have to survive.

2. Big is bad if you don’t have feed. Making milk starts with feed, and there’s no guarantee there will always be enough of it when and where dairies want it.